Runic, 1889

Item

Identifier: imm-0278

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1889

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: White Star Line

Builder and location: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 4,833 tons; 430' x 45'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 13 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 1 funnel

Routes: Liverpool-NY

History: Acquired by West India & Pacific Line 1895, renamed TAMPICAN; same name for Leyland (1899) and Moss (1912). Renamed IMO for Norwegian owners. Collided with French munition ship MONT BLANC at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Dec. 6, 1917. The explosion devasted th

Legacy record identifier: Runic1889